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Somali school teachers were arrested for holding a meeting with Al-Shabaab representatives to influence the private education system, the Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust reported.
The teachers were willing to incorporate Al-Shabaab’s ideological influence in the school curriculum, at a school that holds 1,000 students aged seven to 15 years old.
Police arrested the teachers in the Hir-Shabelle region, near the town of Jowhar, the Information Minister Mahad Hassan Osman stated. No reports were found on whether Al-Shabaab members were arrested.
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An investigation is planned to go ahead on the incident, which will be followed by a court case.
Al-Shabaab is a non-state armed group seeking to overthrow the government and implement a strict version of Islamic law across Somalia.